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WhiteTara

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2. My father taught me to play chess when I was about 3

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2019, 10:58 AM

Mar 2019

and when I was 11 he gave me a book called Chess For Fun and Blood. I play to check in on my thinking and strategy skills and I've played with the same pieces I learned to play with all my life. My father and uncle used to have raging chess matches and both the kings and queens have a few dents as they played for blood.

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